Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-26
State AFFAIRS.
The House Passes an Act Providing
for a Financial Agent for the
Three State AsyIums.
The House EngrosseS q Bill Creating
2 State SurYeyOr-Tae Geological
Bill Again Defeated,
JohnsOn County Fence Cutters-A
Strong inclination 70 Adjourn.
A FINANCIAL AGENT.

AUSTIN, Ten, March 2J.-Au act to
provide for the appointment by the Gov
ernor Of tiasncial agent for the Lunatic.
! Blind and Deaf and Dumb Asylums and
to prescribe his duties and to fix the sal
airy of said office, passed the House this
morning. This bill gives the financial
agent control and management of the
| financial affairs Of the asyiumS. He will
act as purchasing agent and make regular
| ms Jection5 and examinations of the con-
| dition of the finances, and make full
| itemized report to the Governor. He is
required to give bond in the sum of
$4,000 and receives q salary Of 81, 800 6
| year for his services.
SURVEYS OF PUBLIC LANDS.
/ bill came up on its eecOnd reading in
! the House this morning for the purpose
| of sscertaining the conflicts aud errors in
and making proper corrections for sur
yeys of lands made for the common
school, University or asylum funds, or
other surveys in which the state may De
! interested directly or indirectly in cases
| where from discrepancies or imperjeC-
! lions in field notes it may become neces-
sary for the proper compilation of maps,
| or for the proper location and identifC8-
/ ton OF SAID lands upon the ground, in
vestiug the Commissioner Of the General
Land Office with authority to have such
surveys made and power 10 appoint com
| petent surveyors for this purpose,
/ the surveyor appointed under the
act TO give 3 bond of $4,000
and to be under the control and direction
( of the Commissioner Of the General Land
/ Otltce, with authority 20 perform suca
| official acts IS might lawfully be per
| formed by county and district surveyors,
and 10 sign his name officially as state
surveyor. The bill further provides that
/ the Commissioner in carving 0ut the
provisions II the act may, when requested
/ by the owners Ct lands alternating with
| the lands surveyed under the provisions
Of this act, cancel patents aud in lieu
/ thereof issue patents ia accordance with
/ said rasurvey; provided, that all such OWL
ers shall paw the expenses incurred in
making sucn corrected surveys OF 'their
| lands and in issuing said patents.
After some opposition on constitutional
grounds anu the unauthorized experdi-
ture Of the states money, which invoked
q lively discussion, the bill passed to en-
| grOssment.
TIE GEOLOGICAL BILL.
| The geological survey bill came up for
! consideration again this morning on a
motion to reconsider. The friends of the
! bill presented some strong facts con-
nected with the history of Pennsylvania
and Alabama, going to show the wealth
! that came to those states by reason of the
geological surveys established in those
states. The opponents of this bill re-
! sorted again to ridiCule TO defeat it, and
used On article published in the States
man as a basis of their aygu-
ments. This brought the friends of the
! dill to Its defense, WHO set forth
that the bill should be discussed upon its
merits and the opponents shosld appeal
! TO reason aud not to prejudice IN their
| arguments. The previojs question was
| then ordered and adopted. The bill then
| came up on its final passage and was de
| feated.
THE SHIPMENT OF LUMBER.
| The Senate had under consideration
during its morning session bill to regu-
late the shipment of LUMBER and other
! building material by railway companies.
| The bill provides that when the owners
or managers of sawmills or other ship
| pers of lumber or building material make
| application to q railway company operat-
| ing a line at the point the
cars are desired, for lumber cars
upon which to ship lumber or
other building material, it shall
, be the duy OF said railway company to
| supply the number of cars required at the
| point indicated in the application within
! ten days from the receipt thereof. A fail
ure of the railway companies to furnish
cars under the provisions of the act sub
| jects them to damages of $50 per day for
each car they fail to furnish, to be recov-
cred in any court of competent iurisdic-
! ton. A discussion arose on an amend
ment offered to make the bill apply to
cotton and cattle, the friends of the
amendment claiming that the original bill
was discriminating in favor of one class
of freight, and that there was as great
| loss 10 the shippers of cotton and cattle.
! The bill was then amended to include all
! classes of freight and passed to engross-
| ment.
TO AMEND THE OCCUPATION TAX LAW.
| The Senate had under consideration at
| its evening session Senate substitute
! to the House bill taxing certain Occupa-
| tons not heretofore included in the gen
eral OCCupa ion tax law and amending
others. The list included in the bill are
! commercial agencies, skating Kinks, cleo
trio light companies, pool sellers, oil
mills, dealers in deadly weapons, land aud
cattle corporations, ventriloquists, ring
games, physicians, ocuIists and cotton
| compress companies. After considerable
argument two amendments were adopted,
one to strike out the tax on oil mills and
| one to release the cotton congresses from
| paying taxes. The Senate then ad-
journed, leaving this bill the pending bus
! mess.
GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House resumed the consideration
| of the general appropriation bill this
evening. Considerable discussion was
/ INDUCED IN over an amendment offered
| by Mr.. Moore Of Travis TO take Sl2,5OO
of the amount from the general revenue,
and S2500 out of the University fund to be
given to the Agricultural and Mechanical
College. This brought on the old contest
/ u